Dish-drainer.



T. B. GARRETSON.

DISH DRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.12,1909.

934,721. 1 Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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DISH-DBAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 12, 1909.Serial No. 489,340.

Patented Sept. 21 1909.

7 and useful Improvements in Dish-Drainers; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same. a V

- This invention relates to a dish drainer and contemplates theproduction of a simple and inexpensivedevice of this charactercomprising a rack in which the dishes may be placed in the desiredposition for rinsing and draining and a drain pan having an outlet tocollect or receive the drip water from the dishes.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of-a deviceembodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is aside elevation thereof with aportion of oneside of the drip pan broken away; Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the dish rack.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of theinvention the device comprises a drip pan, 1, of preferably rectangularform in WlllCh is laced the dish rack, 2. Th s rack is prefe'rdblyformed of the longitud1na1 and transverse tie wires, 3 and 4, resectively, the former of which are bent to cm the rectan ar dishcompartments, 5, having upwar ly inclined bottoms, 6, and the inclinedsides, 7. The tie wires, 4, extend across the longitudinal wires at thelower'edges of the bottoms of the dish Jcompartments and are provided atoppositeends with downwardly projecting extensions, 8, which provide ameans for supporting the bottom of the rack a vsuitable distance, sayone inch, above the bottom of the casing. The rack is also provided atone end with the longitudinal horizontal extension, 9.. the outer edgeof which is supported above the pan by the downwardly bent portions, 10,of the wires, 3. A wire netting cover, 11, having a mesh of suitablesize is arranged on the extension, 9, to prevent knives, spoons, forksor the like which may be placed on the extension, 9, from slipping orfalling between the spaces between the longitudinal wires, 3, formingsaid extension.

In using the device the dishes are placed in the respective compartmentsof the rack in the most desirable or convenient manner. For instance,the plates may be placed in one compartment, the cups in anothercompartment, the saucers in another compartment and so on. The water isthen poured over the" dishes and owing to the an lar position of thecompartments it is obvious that the dishes will receive the full benefitof the water.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

In a device of the class described, a series of longitudinally disposedrods each having a horizontal portion and a series of inclinedextensions, a series of inclined connecting members between theextensions, tie bars rigidly fastened to said rods at like points in thelatter, whereby aplurality of angularly disposed compartmentsare formed,downwardly projectingrexteiisions 'on the tie bars serv1ng as supportsfor the device, and a' cover piece of wire netting arranged over saidhorizontal portions.

In testimony-whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

THOMAS'B. GARRETSON.

Witnesses:

C. D. ALEXANDER, R. E. REDMANJ.

